Domestic washing board



Nov'. 27 1923 1,475,454,

A. SHUTTLEWORTH DOMESTIC WASHING BOARD Filed March 6, 1923 Fatentcd '27, i923.

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To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l. Anrizno SHUTTLE- WoR'rH, a subject of the King of Great Britain and lreland, residing at London, N. W. l, England, have invented improvements in Bomestic Vilashing Boards (for Which l. have filed application in Great Britain, Dec. 19, 1921, No. 34,099), of which the following is a specification.

The` object of this invention is to provide a cheap and simple portable device for facilitating the Washing and wringing of linen and other articles or material and with this object in vieiv there is combined with a Washing board a pair of vi/ringing rollers both mounted directly in the. frame of the board and adapted t rotated by means ofa crank, Wheel or equivalent. Such a device may also be provided with a support for holding the combined Washing board and Wringer steady in an upright or conveniently inclined position clear of the side of the Wash tub, bath or other vessel, the said support being so arranged to serve to guide the objects being Wrung to the outside of the tub in which the board is positioned.

The accompanying drawings illustrate a combined Washer and Wringer embodying the present improvements, Fig. l being a perspective vievv of the Whole, Fig. 2 a partial elevation partly in section, and Fig. 3 a detail of a modification hereinafter described. Fig. el. is a detail perspective View of a detail hereinafter described. Fig. 5 is a miniature vertical section of a part of a Wash-tub showing iry Washboard positioned' therein.

a, l) are upright side members and c a horizontal top member which together form a rigid frame both for the Washing board and for the vvringer. The body d of the Washing board, which maybe made of wood, or other suitable material, is located between the side members a and Z) in the-usual Way, but near the top a gap is left, which is occupied by a pair of rollers e and f having spindles l7', 7c journalled in the side members a and b in brass or other suitable plates e1 formed with bearings for the spindles and fitted in or attached to the side members.

one of the rollers, the upper roller c, for instance, is provided with a crank g for rotating it.

Squeezing or wringing pressure may be applied to one or bothof the rollersle, f preferably through the roller spindle' bearings by means of suitable metallic springs Zl or by rubber springs or equivalent devices,v

not shown, which devices may in some instances be mounted in the side members a, l, as shown in Fig. 2, or may be protected by being enclosed, as in brass tubes m, as shown in Fig. 3. `To place the tubes m in position holesv of suitable diameter are boreddownvvards for a suitable distance through the side members a and 6,' and after the tubes have been inserted therein the upper .parts of the holes are closed by means of Wooden plugs. A plate 71. is hinged to the spindle 7c of the lower roller f, and may be provided at or near the edge remote from the rollers with means such as a bent Wire z' adapted to engage With the edge of a bath or the like, to serve the double purpose of keeping the Whole apparatus While it is being used, steady in an approximately'upright position or at a desired inclination clear of the side of the tub and of guiding the objects that are being vvrung from the rollers e, 7' out of the bath or the like. This plate It is mounted .below the contacting faces of the rollers and has a Width equal to the length of the rollers, and by reason of the hinged connection to the spindle 7c the plate has a pivotal motion up and doivn at its. free end.

What l claim is r- 1. In combination with a washboard havi ing a frame, a pair of wringing rollers mounted in the frame of the board above the rub-surface thereof, and a plate having a Width substantially equal to the length of the rollers and connected to the board below the contacting faces of the rollers, the free end of said plate being provided with means for engaging the upper edge of a tub to thus permit said plate to be used as a prop for the board and also as a clothing-guide or chute. Y Y

2. IThe combination With a Washing board having a frame of a pair of wringing rollers both having spindles mounted directly in the frame ofthe board and adapted to be rotated, a crank on one of said spindles and a member pivoted to one of the said spindles and comprising a plate having means for attaching its free end to a tub adapted to having a frame of a pair of wringing rollw down, said free end being providedwith ers mounted in the frame of the board above means for engaging the Yupper edge of a tub the rub surface thereof, and a plate hav-ing` to thus permit said plate to be used as a a Width substantially equal tothe length of prop for the board and also as a clothing the rollers and connected to the board at a guide or chute.

point below the contacting faces of the roll- Signed at London, England, this 23rd day ers, said connection being a pivotal one to of February, 1923.

permit the plates free end to swing up and ALFRED SHUTTLEWRTH. 

